rf tti t it Er mmaaceixtutt34.Ertac=v3. Neatly anti Promptly EXeculed, ut the ADVERTISER OFFICE, LEBANON, PENN'A Tula establishment la now supplied with an extensive ammortment of JOII TYVk, which will he increased ne the patronage tioninutle. It can now turn out PRINTING, of every description, in a neat and expeditious manner— and on very reasonable terms. such as rimphlets, Checks, Bitlimas Cards, Handbills, Circnlars, Labels, Bien Readings, Blanks, Programmes, Bills of Fare, /imitations, Tickets. &c., Ore. 'Fir Toinibis of all kinds. Common and Judgment. Dosna. tehnol ansticome, Constables' and other IrLAOK9, printed eorreffill, and neatly on the beet paper, constantly kept ror sate at this office, at prices "to suit time times." 'PO ffilltscrlptlon price of the LEBANON ADYkI4TIEVER Ono Dollar and o Dian Yew. Address, WM. M. Daman, Lebanon, Pa. Out• Lats at Private Sale: WILL be sold nt Private Sale, 8 ACRES OF LAND, satiated In Long Lane, near the borough line, in Corn wall township. It adjoins the land or Widow Fulmer, on the North, Win.Atkinsand.lohnKrauseon the Haat. There Is a one story LOG HOUSE, weather boarded, erected oil the hind, end n good WELL m the garden.— The land lino fine stones the quarries. This tract will snake a nice home for a email fondly. ea. It la free from Ground Rem. Good title will be given, ADAM N. 13,—Tbis tract is new covered with tine vita, half of which will be given to the purchaser. Lebanon, Jane le, lean, A RARE CHANCE. H. HEIM. Offolll hie lien known I'HOTOtIItAPHIC J EISTAHLHiIIStr.N't for Pula. Ti orongli Instroc. Coos win be Olin to Any one purchasing not acquaint relth the toisinesa. Per partruhirecell at ble rooms, In A. Hlea's billeting. [Lebanon, March 20 '61.-2in. Private Sale. Trite Subscriber offers ai. private rale all that certain I farm or tract of land, situate partly In Pinegroso 'township, Schuylkill connty, rind partly in Bethel town. Lebanon county, bounded by hinds of Eck on and Oultord, Benjamin Aycrigg, Daniel Donbartnndothern,containingone hundred and ttx of your Cephalic Pills. They are the best Pills I save ever tried. Direct A. STOVER, I'. M. Belle 'Vernon, R•yaudot Co., O. Beverly, Mass., Dpe.ll, 1860 If. C. Spalding, Esq.. - I wish fur 140)111P circulars or large show bills, to twin .._ your Cephalic NEW more particular] r before my oust. niers. If you have anything of the kind, *ale see to ins. One of my customers, who is subject to Severe Sic c Hem ache, (usually looting two daym) was cured of a i Mina ill one hour by your Pills, Which J sent her. liespeotfully yours H. WILKES. 'Reynoldsburg, Franklin Co., Ohio,} January gi 1861.. • Mori C. Spalding, No. 48 Cedar at., N. Y. Dear Sir: Inclosed Rod twenty-live cents, (45,) for which son I box of "Cephalic Pills" Send to address of ltev. Wn C. Fitter, Reynoldsburg, Franklin Co, Ohio. Your Pills work like a charm—cure Li eadache a. TriOst Instanter. Trhly yours, WM. C. FILLER. star A sin& bottle of SPALDING'S PREPARED GLUE w ill save ten times its cost annually...it* SPALDING'S PREPARED GLUE ! SPALDING'S PREPARED GLUE! SPALDING'S PREPARED GLUE! SAVE TILE PIECES I ECONOMY I DISPATCH I AEA" "A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE."' AS accidents will happen, even in well regulated fam ilies . It is very desirable to have some cheap mid conve nient way ter repairing Furniture. Toys, Crockery, &c. SPALDING'S IREPARED GLUE meets all " u ` ll emergencies. and no household can af ford to be without it. It is always ready, and up to the sticking point. "USEFUL IN EVERY HOUSE." N. lI.—A Brush accompanies each Bottle. Price, 25 cents. Address, lIENRY C. SPAM:MSG, No. , tit CEDAR Street, Now-Yorit, CAUTION. As certain unprineipied persons are attempting to palm off on the unsuspecting public, imitations of my PRP:PARED GLUE, I would cautinn all persons to ex amine before purchasing, and ace that the full name, 'tm. SPALDING'S PREPARED GLUE, -VA is on the outside ; all others are swindling ^ounterfaitm. [March 6,1861. LEBANON, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1861. ettrive Itetrg. XISSING Not among the suffering. wounded ; Not among the praretul deed; Not among the prisoners. "lirtisatwe That wee all the message wdd. Yet hts mother re,Ld it over, Until through her painful tears Finks the dear name Ole has called him For these two-and twenty years. Bound her all is peace and plenty Bright and elenn the yellow floor ; While the morning glories cluster All around the kitchen door. Soberly the sleek o'd house-eat Drowses in his patch of sun ; Neatly shinee the oaken dresser, All the morning's work is done Through the window conies the fragrance Of a sunny harvest morn, Pragment songs from (lista nt reaper; And 'the rustling of the corn; And the rich breath or the garden— Where the eolden meisus lie; Where the blushing plume ere turning All their red cheeks to tke sky. Sitting there within the sunshine— Leaning in - her easy chair; With soft lines upon her forehead, And the silver in her hair— Blind to sunshine—deed to fragrance— On that royal harvest morn ; Thinking. while her heart is weeping, Of her noble-browed first born. Bow be left her in the Spring-time, With his'young heart full of flame, With his clear and ringing footstep, With his lithe and supple frame. How with tears Ida eyes wore brimming As be kissed a laet "Good-bye," Yet she beard him whistle gayly As be went across the rye. Missixo I Why should he be missing? lie would fight until he fell, And if wounded, killed or pris'aer, &me one there would he to tell: AliSsma I Still a hope to cheer her ; Safe,,trimaphant, he may come, With the victor-army shouting, With the clamor of the drum! So through all the days of Autumn— In the ere and in the morn— She will hear his quickening footsteps n'the rustling of tho corn. • Or she will hush the household, While her heart goes•leapiog high, Thinking that she hears Lim Whistling in the pathway through the rye. * i * * s * * * Far away, through all the Autumn, in a lonely, lonely glade— In the dreary dimolatlon Thut the battle storm bath made;, With the rust upon his musket— In the eve al , cl in the morn— , In the rank gloom of the fern leaves Lies her noble browett first born. MistEtianeintz. THE MYSTERIOUS WIDIW, During the summer of 1814, the British had not only laid claim to all that portion of the district of Maine lying east of the 'Penobscot, but Ad miral Griffeth and Sir John Sher broke, the latter being then Governor of Nova Scotia, had been sent with a heavy force to take possession and had occupied the town of Castine, which place commanded the entrance the Penobscot river. Shortly after the arrival of the English squadron, Commodore Tucker had been sent around to Penobscot to protect the American coasters there, and while the British sailed up Castine he lay With his vessel at Thomaston. It was a schooner that the old Com modore commanded, but she was - a heavy one, well armed and manned; and that she carried, the true Yankee grit upon her decks the enemy had received from them, too many proofs. On the 28th of August a messenger 'came with the intelligence that the : British frigare was comingdown from Castine to. take hiin. Tucker knew that the British feared him and that Sir John Sherbrooke had . offered a large reward for his capture. When the Commodore received the intelligence, his vessel was lying at one of the low wharves, where he would have to wait nearly two hours for the tide to set him off; but he hastened to have everything-prepa red, to get off as soon as possible, for he had no desire to meet the friga-te. The schOoner'S keel was just cleared from the mud and one of the men had been sent upon the wharf to cast off the bow line, when a wagon, drawn by one horse ' came rattling down to . the spot. The driver, a rough look ing countryman, got out upon the wharf, and then assisted a middle aged lady from the, vehicle. The la. dy's first inquiry was for Commodore Tucker. He was pointed out to her and she stepped upon the schooner's deck and approached him. 'Commodore,' Cilio asked, 'when do you sail from here.' 'Right off, as soon as possible, mad am.' • 'Oh, then, I know you will be kind to me,' the lady urged in persuasive tones. 'My poor husband died yes terday, and I wish to.carry his corpse to Wiscasset, we belong, and where his parents will take care of it: 'But my good woman, 1 shan't go to Wiseasset.' 'lf you will land me at the mouth of the Sheepseot I will ask no more. I can easily find a boat there to take me up.' 'Where is the body,' asked Tucker. 'ln the wagon,' returned the lady, at the same time raising the corner• of her shawl to wipe away the Bath. ulna tears. . 'I have a small sum of money with me, sir, and you shall be paid foryonr trouble.' qut, tut, woman, if I accommodate you, there won't be any pay about it.' The kind hearted old 'Commodore was not the man to refuse a favor, and though he liked ,not the bother of taking the woman and her strange accompaniment on board, yet he could not refuse; and when he told her he would do as she had required, she thanked him with many tears in her eyes. Some of the men were sent upon the Wharf to.bring the body on board. A long buffalo robe was lifted up by the'.man who drove the ;vugen, and ;beneath it appeared a neat blade cof: fin, Some words were passed by the seamen, as they 'bore the coffin on board, which went to show pretty plainly that the affair did not suit them. It may have been but preju• dice on their part, but yet seamen should be allowed a prejudice once in a while, when we consider the many stern realities they have to encounter. 'Hush, my good men,' said the Com modore, as ho heard their murmured remonstrances. 'Suppose some of you were to die away from home—Would you not, wish'that your last remains might be carried to. your poor pa rents ? Come navy. now ?' The men said no •Jitore, and ere long the coffin was plaeol.i.n the hold, and .the woman was,slhown to the cabin. In less than halilitm hour the schooner was cleared fsi,im:the wharf and standing out from bay. In the evening the lady passenger came on deck, and the' Commodore assured her that he should be able to land. her early the nev,l.moroing. 7 - She expressed het gratitude and sat isfaction, and remarked that before she retired she would like to look and see that her huSbarid's corpse was safe. This. was of course- granted, and one of them lifted off the hatch that she might go down into the declare,' muttered Daniel Carter, on old sailor who had the wheel, 'she takes on dre'fully.' 'Yespoor thing,' responded Tuck er, as he heard the woman's sobs and groans. cll'ye notice what'll eye she got,' continued Carter. 'No,' said the . Commodore, 'only that, it was swollen with tears.' , My eyes! but they shone through, when she stood here looking, through the compass.' Tucker smiled at the man's quaint earnestness, and without further• re mark he went clown into the cabin. When the woman came up from the hold, she, looked about the deck of the schooner for a few moments and, then went aft. There was something in her countenance that puzzled Car. ter ; He had been one of those who objected to. the coffin being brought on board, and hence he was not pre disposed to look very favorably upon its owner. The woman's eye ran over the scluooner's deck with strange quickness, and Carter eyed her sharp ly. Soon she went to the tafrrail and looked at the stern boat—and then she came and stood by the binnacle g- II 'Lookout, or you'll jibe the boom,' uttercd the passenger.. Carter started and found that the main sail was shivering. He gave the helm a couple of spokes a port, and then cast his eyes again upon the woman whose features were _lighted byethe binnacle lamp. .Tank'ee ma'am,' said Dan, 'Ha, hold on—why bless my soul, there's a big spider right on your hair. No—not there. Here-I'll—Ugh This lust ejaculation Dan made as he seemed to pull somethingirom the woman's hair, which he threw upon the deck with the "ugh," above men tioned. Shortly afterwards the passenger went below, and ere long Tacker came on-deck. 'Commodore,", , said' Carter, with a remarkable detree of earnestness. in his manner, ‘is‘the 'oman turned in yet?' rather think so,' said Tucker, looking at the compass. 'Look out, Carter! Why man s alive, you're two Points to the southward of .your course. 'Blow me, so I am,' said the man bringing the helm smartly a port.— 'But say. Commodore didn't ye no tice nothin"culiar about that 'oman?' . _ 'Why, Dan, you seem greatly in terested about her.' 'So I atn, CommodOre; and so lam fibout that black coffin; too. Wouldn't it be well for you an' I to go and overhaul it ?' ‘Pshaw! you are as seared as a child in a graveyard.' 'No, not 'a bit of it. Just hark a bit. That woman ain't no woman at all.' The' Commodore pronounced the name of his Satanic Majesty in a most emphatic manner. 'lt's the truth Commodore. I can swear to it. I portended there was a spider on her hair, and I rubbed my hand agin her face. By Sam Hyde, it' 'twarnt as ruff and beared as a ho -I}-stone. You see, she told me as how I'd let the boom jibe if 1 didn't look out. ' I knowed there Was no woman there and so I tried her. Call some body to the wheel, an' let's go and look at the coffin.' The Commodore was wonder struck by wliat he had heard; but, with that calm presence of mind which made him what he was, he sot cooly to thinking. In a few minutgs he called one of the men aft to relieye Carter, and, then he went down into the cab in to look after his passenger. The latter had turned in and seemed to he. snoring. Tucker returned to the deck and took Carter aside. 'No noise, now, Carter; but follow me as though nothing had happened.' ‘Sartin,' responded Dan. The two approached the main hatch, and Garter stooped to raise it, .when his hand touched a small ball which seemed to have been pitmed , up under the after break of the batch. 'lt's a ball of twine,' said Dan. • 'Don't touch it, but go and get a lantern,' replied Tucker. Carter sprang to obey, and when he returned a number of men had gathered about the spot.. The hatch was raised, lnd the Commodore care fully picked' up the hall of twine, and found that it was made fast to some. thing below. lie descended to the bold, and there he found that the twine rap, in beneath t 54 lid 'ot tho coffin. lie had no doubt in his mind now that there was mischief boxed Up before him, and he sent Carter for something.that might answer for a screw driver. The man soon return• ed witka stout knife, and,the Commo dore set to work. 1.16 worked very carefully, however, at the same time keeping a bright Lookout for the string. At length the ecrews were all out, and the lid carefully lilted : from. its place. • 'Great God in heaven burst from the lips of the Commodore. 'By Sam Hyde ?' dropped like a young thunder clap from the lips of Dan, • . • kaoced it I' uttered Dan. The two men stood tor a moment and gazing into the coffin. There was no dead man there, but in the place there was material for the death of , a score. The coffin was filled with gun powder. and pitchwood 1 Upon light frameweirk in the-. centre were arranged four pistols all, flocked and primed, and the string which entered the coffin from without communica ted with each. The first, movement of the Qom me dore was to call for water, and when it was brought lre•dashed threcLbuck ets (01l into the infernal contrivance, and then he breathed more freely. 'No, no,' he uttered, as lie leaped fromithe hold. 'No, no—my men.— Do nothing rashly; Let me go into cabin first. You 'may follow me.' Commodore Tucker strode into the cabin, walked up-to the bunk where his passenger lay, and grasping hold of the female dress, he dragged the .wearer out upon the floor. There was a sharp resiStancei and the pas. senger drew a pistol, but it was quiek ly knocked away=the grown -was torn oft, and a MCIII, came forth from the remnants of calico and linen: The fellow was assured Chat his whole plot- was :discovered, and at length he owned that it had been his plan to tarn out in the course of the night and get hold of the ball of twine which he had - left in a conveni ent place; he then intended' to have gor.e after carefully un'wind'ing the string as he went along ; then to have got into the boat, cut the falls, and as the beat fell into the water, he would have pulled smartly upon the twine. 'And I think you know,' he contin ued with a Wicked look, 'what would have followed. I shouldn't have been noticed in way fuss - I'd have got out of the way with the boat and you'd all have been in the next world in short order. All I can say is I'm sorry I couldn't du it. It was with much difficulty that the Commodore prevented his tnen from killing the villian on the spot: He proved, to be one of the enemy's officers, and he was to have had a heavy reward if he had Wet:ceded in destroying the American . Cony rnodore and his crew. The prisoner was carried on deck and, lashed . to the main where he was told to remain until the vessel got into port. 'What 1 horrible death the meant for us ?' uttered Carter.' 'Yes, he did,' sail Tucker with a shudder. 'He belonged o to the same gang that's been a robbing and burning houses on the Eastern coast,' saiti one of the men. 'Ve's;' returned the Commodore with a nervous twitch of the muscles about - the mouth.. A bitter curse from the prisoner here broke upon the air, and with a clutched fist the CoMmodore went be low. In the morning, when Commo dore Tucker tame, on deck; Seguin was in sight, upon the starboard how, but when he looked for the prisoner, lie was gone. `Carter, where's the villian I lash ed here last, night?' 'l'm sure I don't know where he is, Commodore. Perhaps he's jumped overboard.' The old Commodore looked sternly into Carter's eyes, and he saw a twinkle of satisfaction . gleaming, there. He hesitated a moment•—then he turned away, and muttered to himself: 'Well, well—l can't blame them.— If the murderous villian's gone to his death, he's only met a fate which he richly deserves.. Better far that, it . he he, than that my noble crew were now in the ocean's. cold grave.' PLUNDERING GOVERNMENT. ,• The questigm is often asked says the llaiTisbiirg _Patriot and .Union, why.do not the .ollicers of the Gov eminent buy horses, forage, and ar my supplies from first hands instead of middle-men, who act as contrac tors. 'Washington, and in fact, the whole country, is filled, with. Commis-. caries of Subsistence and Quarter masters, who appear to have very little to do, and who are well paid for what they do. Yet, strange to say, not a horse, bale of hay, Or bag of oats, is purchased by one of them, unless it comes through the hands of a contractor. Thus, for instance, a man receives a contract at Washing. .ton for 1,000 head of horses, although he has not got money. enough in , his possession to buy the most spavined nag that ever towed a .canal boat. or dragged an oyster cart. He goes to the capitalist, and either sells out the contractor gets him to fill it. The horses are then rushed in to the in spector, who passes them. The fol lowing, from the New York Tribune, illustrates the quality of the horseS thus foisted upon Government: “We yesterday--spent ran hour in the stables of Twentylourtli.s root; 'among the long rows of horses: that, WHOLE NO. 84.8 as appears by the letters U. 8. mark ed on the left shoulder each, hay been purchased 'lnt. : the army. A worse lot, of animals was never seen (100011 t nag was the exception mono them. Many of them were fit only for the knacker; and many mn s i be wholly useless until more Lbw their cost,' has been spent upon then in surgeon's fees In our judgment. the whole lot would not bring twin'. ty•five dollars apiece at auction ; and yet the Government has paid over a hundred for them.. We dnn't know who is responsible for frauds 80 S(Ail daIOUS j but if, the parties were taken out and shot some find morning, they would get no more than their deserts." Now it is clearly :evident that no man claiming to be ajtidge of horse. flesh would pass such horses without, smile compensititin, and in doing so he becomes part,iceps eriminis in the transaction.-.. ,lore is another item on the same subject,, frout . ; , th e Hunting don Globe "The Horse Inspection Again. —llor ses were rushed through on Tuesday last, without respect to age, color or soundness. The inspector, Air. Hen ry Sherborne, appeared to be deter. mined to ride over public opinion in the most insulting manner. Be is either no judge of a horse or a great scamp, for a number of horses were ferced upon the Government by his inspection that, no man of the least comnion sense would give $2O a head r." It will be understood that the prof its have to he divided between the Contractor, sub-contractor, the pur chasers or agent.s, and the inspector 50 that the horses must be purchased at a low firtire in order to leave a fair mai-gin to be divided among so many. The firstp-horses purchased in this neighborhood, under a contract fin• 2,000, were good horses, and conse. limn, try commanded - good prices,— They underwent a most thorough in. spect ion. The profits then were light compared to present times, being in this instance only about fifty dollars a head, and horse contracts were not so eagerly sought for. Now, howev er, the country is overrun with horse contractors, who buy up anything. and everything that bears a resem blance to a horse, and to•dav Govern lbent owns thousands more horses than it could apply to any practical use, (provided they were all capable of service,) during the nexs ten years. Why does not Government send out its Commissaries, who are riding about the streets of Washington, to parchase horses and forage out of first hands? Certainly it' a horde of spec ulators are to reap princely fortunes out of this war, it is very evident that they Will do everything in their pow er to stretch it out till the crack of doom, or till the blood and treasure of the nation is exhausted. . • SUARPSHOOTLNG The battle at Edward's Ferrysup plies another proof that sharpshoot ing is the chief characteristic of this war. Of the Calitornia regiment, the Col. was killed, the Lieut. Colonel, Major and Adjataut wounded, and five Captains are dead or missing, and two wounded. Of the Fifteen th . M.as sachusetts Regiment, the Col.. :fed Lieut.' Colonel were wounded, five Captains killed and three wounded. These two regiments Were in the heat of battle, and suffered most se verely. The number of killed and wounded offieers is far out of the pro portion to that of the privates. Ev ery man with a sword and shoulder atrap, who could be seen in front, or by the side of his command, was without doubt the common target of' dozens of rebel sharpshooters, con cealed in woods, underbrush, or rifle pits, at a distance of from 200 to. 400 yards. Col. Baker was pierced with six balls, -other officers with two or three, and those who escaped unhurt were grazed once or twice. It is said that one officer was hit four times in various parts of his uniform. and equipMents. without personal tn. jury. The killing or maining of all these officers was equivalent to defeat ing, the two regiments for the best of soldiers, deprived of. leaders, are no better than a flock of sheep.. In the absence of artillery and cavalry, the rebel sharpshooters may claim to have won the battle of Edward's Fen. 17. How much havoc our sharp shooters caused among the enemy, there is no means of knowing ; but it, is not unlikely that a large number of their officers, too were dropped. Against •these deadly Millie balls there is no effective precaution .that a brave man would wish to , adopt Nothing bet . a complete coat of mail, from crown to sole, could save him from the searching bullets. A ball proof chain armor; (ii' one coul d be made,), ale steel-breast-plates wore try thcr Cent (invites of Napoleon would be of no avail: The chest might escape, but presently presently=a ball I rom some sharpshooter of extraordinary skill might.eome crashing through the head, killing on the instant, or through the legs, crippling the'offieerarrd send ing him off the field. Nothing but a Aqtverin g aim can prevent the slaugh ter of officers from being horrible on both sides. If the position of ; an offi, c er has its honors and privileges-, it also. has its ' peculiar darigers-and should not be seught by those who have not the courage fearlessly to meet them. SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF TME AMERICANS. --:—lrpeems to be a fitvorite 'pursuit of the Americans to get hold of a poor editor, who has the courage to differ with them and to tar and feather him. If asked what kind of a nation Ameriel was, we Should feel inclined, after - hearing• nl the above blackguard propensity, to exclaim ( iT.ar-nationr—Loadon _Mouth-. ~jl r. u u si uv: c A FAN IL i'A Pr.l. MONTOW N AND CoUNTRY, vttuvrED AND PUBLI6IIED WEEKLY By WM. M. 13.11E6L/N, 5.1 Story of Nnuck's New Building. Cumberland St At Ono Dollar and Fifty Cents a Year.._ it - Z — ADVERTISEMENTS thPerteit at the usual tame. '1 The friends of the establishment. and the public guitar Ally are t espeetfully solicited to send in their orders. VW-HANDBILLS Printed at an hours Milieu. DATES UP PLYSTAGE, In Lebanon County, postage tree. Pen asylninitt. nut of iodis:en county, 3K cents per i (tarter, or 13 cents a year. . nit of. this State, 634 cui.Fer quarter, or '26 ets, a year ~,,dote is not aaid iu tidvance. rates are doubted. ' . . • . BANK, RoBBERY AT WEST, s'rEA D. CON:V.—Bet weer) Siif 6i•daY. :st and Monday night, a daring and .eveesstul robbery was perpe• Crated upon the Bank of West Win -toad. Coen., the burglars succeeding o carrying off about $50,000, SB,OOV of winch was in specie, and the bal. owe in bills, mostly of their own Bank. A inoug other values taken ,v,re four United States Treasury. 6 ;ier cent. notes, two of $lOO and two' of $5O each. The thieves had. °O.' dently atndied the localities with great care, and undertook their work with a degree of circumspection and skill seldom exhibited by the profession.— They entered through a lawyer's of- - flee, which was directly over the vault of the bank. Boards in the floor, of unequal length, were neatly sawed through, and after proceeding with the work in the vault, they were carefully replaced. screwed down, put tied over, and then sanded so as Fiori to attract observation. The in elosn're of the vault was of granite, the top' slab being over six inches thick.— Through this they chisseled their way, splitting it in two, raising off one-half of it, and thus affording room' through which to descend into the vault.. On retiring with their booty •they replaced the stone, screwed down the floor, and left everything in suck apple pie order that, it took the Bank efficers some time to discover the mys terious hole through which their treas ure had departed. A reward of $l,OOO has been offered for the detection of the thieves .and recovery of the money. Da' A new kind of artillery is ptia:' posed—a battalion to consist of six hundred men with one hundred guns, the gn n s to have the capacity of cai.ry. ing two pounds balls two and a half miles, and to have steel barrels rifled,• of superior workmanship.. They arc to be light, of metal, two wheeled carriages each carriage carrying its own . ammunition box. Instead .of horses, with the trouble and time of Bitching and u llhitehlug, the men will draw their own gun carriages wlrg•ch , considering their extreme.ightnes is less toilsome than carrying a musk'. et and knapsack. There arc six men to each gun, who, in addition of course carry pistols and other small arms.— A battalion of this kind is now orga , nizing at Richmond, Indiana. HOW TUE CONtEDEktATES SELOOV AY - Nwer.----From the captain of a ves• sel wlyo. aueinoed to reach , Washing toti by the way of the Potomac, we lei:Tit the following facts in reference to the blockade. of that river. The captain remained two days within' three miles t.f Evansport, and in con sequence of orders made no attempt' to go farther: He states that the guns on Matthias Point are sighted during the day, in a yahge with a certain point on the Maryland shore, and•whenever the light is obscured by an object the guilt; are fired. By this means shots cue he thrownwith greatr accuracy and with certainty of doing execution. as the river is narrow and the channel near the Virginia shore. A PATufori.c A P.—Day before yesterday as the story goes, a devot ed member of the Church, and a most devout Union man, attend. ed divine service, according to his fir-- variable custom.; but the weather be , ing warm and oppressive, the; worthy' citizen tell asleep in his pew during the early part of' the service. He slumbered pleasan•tty, and , jest-- before the choir and the eorpgregiv.- - tion sang a patriotic hymn, that the sleeper's mind with a love of country that could not be resisted.— The text was, "And . what thilik ye of Christ?" repeated emphatically. several times by the minister. This appeal to the clamberer vrair too direct- and his thought becoming centased in his half wakeful, half dreaming state he forgot where he Was, and the exact nature of the , question, and responded so loudly and distinctly that he could•be heard • •through hall' the &iambi. ? I thinly and'know he'ri all right, ho's f.r the Union all the time The effee.l of this unexpected and altogether secular utterance upon th© pious brother and sisters may be bet. ter imagined . than related. ttEir Jean, jester to Charms IX, once tried his maeter's nerve by rush ing into his room one morning with the exclamation: „ Oh, sire, such TIME, l l—four thou , sand men have risen in the city.” hat I" cried the startled king; 'with what intention have they risen?' said the jester, his finger. upon his nose, "probably with the in= tention of lying down again at Bed=;, time." Nothing can' be had in,,,this world without paying its The fiailish mother fears to , let her son pursue the natural sporte..batting his age, lest he shonld'be run over or drow - ned. She will not pay the price of bravery and manliness, and there fore her boy grows up a ,cowardly booby. tom.. A patriotic, friend, , says h e would prefer cavalry,t4 gm-infantry regiment, were h©•required to enlist,, on account of the greater • facilities fin• running. He could strike for his home with more effect.. A great philosopher gamin; one.%of : his letters : have told yorrof,the Spaniard Who always put on speetaeles . .when lie was about to eat eherries,,thatittey'rnight, look bigger and more tempting: In like' manner I make the most of my, enjoy ments ; and though I do not cast my, cares away, I park them in as little compass as , I can for myself, and never iet them an noy others."